1As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. 2His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”
3“Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him. 4As long as it is day, we must do the works of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work. 5While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”
6After saying this, he spit on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man’s eyes.7“Go,” he told him, “wash in the Pool of Siloam” (this word means “Sent”). So the man went and washed, and came home seeing.
8His neighbors and those who had formerly seen him begging asked, “Isn’t this the same man who used to sit and beg?” 9Some claimed that he was.
Others said, “No, he only looks like him.”
But he himself insisted, “I am the man.”
10“How then were your eyes opened?” they asked.
11He replied, “The man they call Jesus made some mud and put it on my eyes. He told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed, and then I could see.”
12“Where is this man?” they asked him.
“I don’t know,” he said. (John 9:1-12)
Thoughts: Jesus taught us that suffering is not always a sign of punishment, but suffering can even glorify God. Jesus is the light of the world while he walked this earth particularly in that He glorified God easily when people saw Him heal with a touch of His hand.
Jesus was not afraid to use means to heal. He sometimes healed at a distance. He sometimes healed by someone just touching his garment. One tribe in the South Pacific responded to the Gospel because they saw Jesus spitting to heal as their witch doctors did. The missionary to them believed Jesus spat to heal in order to reach this specific tribe that believed in the power of spitting. Jesus is the great missionary who reached out to this blind man. He reaches out to us to be healed physically and spiritually. We are called to reach out to the blind with the light of the world.
Prayer: Lord, help me to believe in you as the Light of the world. You are my Great Physician.
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